Weather Records on 29 May 1959

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1959. Highest significance: Merta City, IN.

Key Facts for 29 May 1959

On 29 May 1959, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 336 daily.
Merta City set a daily record precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 29 May 1959.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 29 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pachhar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bohoribund	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1959

Top 20 records on 29 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1959	Merta City, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1959	Sawai Madhopur, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1959	Nawa, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Sirathu, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Sagar, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Durham, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Garhshankar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Batala, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Khurai, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Hatchville, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Sikar, IN	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Audubon, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Lalitpur, IN	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1959	Mahroni, IN	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 352 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-29 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1817	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1836	2
1844	1
1847	2
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1860	2
1862	1
1864	2
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	5
1893	5
1894	4
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	6
1900	2
1901	13
1902	14
1903	5
1904	3
1905	7
1906	23
1907	16
1908	26
1909	6
1910	14
1911	26
1912	32
1913	24
1914	40
1915	17
1916	27
1917	43
1918	38
1919	92
1920	33
1921	170
1922	62
1923	103
1924	137
1925	84
1926	155
1927	290
1928	104
1929	331
1930	252
1931	429
1932	228
1933	346
1934	753
1935	114
1936	420
1937	311
1938	316
1939	309
1940	156
1941	629
1942	531
1943	246
1944	258
1945	326
1946	281
1947	1,298
1948	420
1949	347
1950	359
1951	493
1952	413
1953	501
1954	269
1955	454
1956	512
1957	251
1958	455
1959	352
1960	259
1961	608
1962	894
1963	378
1964	537
1965	455
1966	357
1967	562
1968	579
1969	762
1970	410
1971	885
1972	609
1973	517
1974	623
1975	599
1976	975
1977	458
1978	707
1979	750
1980	920
1981	601
1982	1,170
1983	1,266
1984	1,871
1985	1,006
1986	840
1987	1,119
1988	1,132
1989	874
1990	1,135
1991	1,387
1992	1,551
1993	558
1994	658
1995	929
1996	1,177
1997	1,119
1998	1,228
1999	863
2000	1,354
2001	958
2002	594
2003	1,164
2004	835
2005	904
2006	1,438
2007	1,246
2008	784
2009	618
2010	995
2011	1,540
2012	962
2013	731
2014	605
2015	462
2016	511
2017	732
2018	1,386
2019	929
2020	937
2021	854
2022	698
2023	392
2024	618
2025	578
2026	788

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 1959
Margin	Records
0 to 10	204
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	1